Forgotten Passphrase

A forgotten passphrase is very serious as your passphrase is
directly tied to your secret private keys that allow access to
your funds.

If you have access to your wallet:

If you currently have access to your wallet via PIN code you
should immediately send your coins out of the wallet into another
wallet you control. It is not safe to keep your bitcoin
in Samourai if you do not know your passphrase.

Once your bitcoins are in another wallet that you control, you
may erase Samourai wallet and create a new wallet. When you
create a new wallet you will need to define a new passphrase and
write down new secret words.

If you do not have access to your
wallet:

Samourai does not store your passphrase for you, as such it
cannot reset lost or forgotten passphrases. If you can no
longer authenticate into your Samourai wallet and you do not have
your passphrase follow the directions below to help yourself
regain access to your wallet:

Don't create a new wallet
Samourai Wallet creates an auto backup of the last wallet on
the device. If you create a new wallet you will erase the
existing auto backup file of your wallet.

Install the Samourai Backup Reader app
We have created a Troubleshooting app that you can download
from Github called Samourai Backup Reader - Install the APK
on your device with Samourai

Run Samourai Backup Reader
Launch the Samourai Backup Reader APK. You will be asked to
enter a passphrase. Enter the passphrase you think is
correct for your wallet and press
OK. Next, paste the contents of
samourai.txt into the text box and press
OK

Keep trying
The Backup Reader app will attempt to decrypt the backup with
the passphrase you specified. If the passphrase is incorrect
you will see an error. We advise you to keep trying common
variations of the passwords/passphrases that you frequently use
until you no longer get an error. Be aware that
white-space and special characters are considered valid.